Pennsylvania Act 2015-56 — COLONEL FRANK DUFFY MEMORIAL BRIDGE - DESIGNATION

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An Act

Designating the bridge carrying State Route 6011 (Harrison Avenue) over Roaring Brook in the City of Scranton, Lackawanna County, as the Colonel Frank Duffy Memorial Bridge.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Colonel Frank Duffy Memorial Bridge.

(a) Findings and declarations.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:

(1) Prior to serving his country in World War I, Colonel Frank Duffy, known as "The Fighting Colonel," was well respected in Scranton.

(2) He served as president of the Scranton Engineers Club and head of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad.

(3) After the United States entered World War I, Colonel Duffy formed Company F of the 103rd Engineers.

(4) On August 18, 1918, Colonel Duffy was tragically killed from an explosion of an enemy shell and was buried in a small French village.

(5) Colonel Duffy was the highest-ranking soldier from Lackawanna County killed in World War I.

(b) Designation.--The bridge carrying State Route 6011 (Harrison Avenue) over Roaring Brook in the City of Scranton, Lackawanna County, to be constructed on or after the effective date of this section, is hereby designated the Colonel Frank Duffy Memorial Bridge.

(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs to indicate the designation under subsection (b).

Section 2. Effective date.

This act shall take effect in 60 days.